School News

Killeigh NS recently said goodbye to our school caretaker Frankie Thomas who has retired. Frankie was a very popular figure around the school and he will be greatly missed. Frankie carried out many jobs in order to keep the school going but perhaps his most important job (as far as countless boys and girls were concerned ) was retrieving footballs from over the ditch. His easygoing manner and affable charm made him popular with young and old alike and we wish him all the best in his retirement.

At our recent sports day, a presentation was made to Frankie on behalf of the staff of the school and the Board of Management.

Eight years ago a wonderful bunch of people entered our school and it has been a great source of joy and pride to watch them develop into the wonderful people they have become. We wish the very best of luck to our wonderful 6th class. May you be successful with everything you do.

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Scoil Shinchill recently applied to be part of the SFI Discover Science and Maths Awards. As part of the process we were asked to highlight some of the activities that were ongoing in our school in the promotion and teaching of STEM subject areas. We recently received the good news that we were successful in our application for the award of a plaque of STEM excellence. Well done and thank you to everyone that helped us out with this. For more info on our application please visit this link.

The boys and girls of Ms McElduffs class and Ms Dermodys class took part in a competition to find Offalys fittest class. The good news is the 5th class boys and girls and 6th class girls won in their categories. Well done to all of the boys and girls who took part and their teachers.

Sports day 2018 was held yesterday, Monday 25th of June. Pupils made the most of the good weather and made an early start to the activities. Due to the heat we also took extra breaks in the shade. It was a great days fun and thanks must go to all of the pupils who helped out setting up each station and to all of the teachers who helped on the day. A special thanks goes to Ms Dunne, Ms Moriatity, Ms Bennett and Mr Breslin for coordinating the days activities. Thanks also to our parents association who provided a drinks station complete with mr Freezes to keep everyone cool.

We are planning on holding our school Sports day sometime next week. We ask that children come in wearing PE gear from Monday and the plan is that we will pick a day based on the weather. Pupils are asked to bring in an oversized piece of clothing or two for a novelty race and please ensure they are wearing adequate sun cream.

The boys and girls have been busy preparing for their upcoming Enterprise Day which takes place this Friday. There will be a number of products available for sale and the pupils will be talking about their products. All support welcomed.